40 years ago: LEONARD COHEN – “Take This Waltz”

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Leonard Cohen released the single “Take This Waltz” 40 years ago. Did you already know these facts?

★ Originally, the song was part of the tribute album for the poet Federico García Lorca called “Poets in New York”.

★ Lorca was one of Leonard’s favorite poets and so the text is a free translation of his poem “Pequeño vals vienés”, which means “Little Viennese Waltz”.

★ Two years later, “Take This Waltz” was released in a modified version with additional violin and Jennifer Warnes as a duet partner on Cohen’s album “I’m Your Man”.

★ The song has often been covered and translated into other languages such as Swedish, Hungarian and Spanish.

★ The film “Take This Waltz”, directed by Sarah Polley, takes its name from the song that also plays an important role in the movie.

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